First-Year Accomplishments

May 22, 2013, marked the one-year anniversary of the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro (UMCPP). We are proud to share accolades we have received since its opening.

In 2013, patients discharged from UMCPP reported higher levels of satisfaction than ever in our history—we are now in the 99th percentile of our New Jersey peer group and just shy of the 90th percentile for all reporting hospitals in the country.(1)
Princeton HealthCare System (PHCS) physicians now rank in the 99th percentile in the state and 92nd percentile in the country for overall patient satisfaction.(1)
More physicians joined PHCS Medical Staff this year than in any year in the past.
The number of inpatients PHCS served this year is 6% higher than last year. New Jersey hospitals experienced an average decrease of 2%.
UMCPP’s emergency service volume increased 17% over last year, the highest increase in our history.
A greater number of volunteers registered at PHCS than in any prior year.
The New Jersey Hospital Association asked PHCS to teach other hospitals in the state how to avoid patient falls and avoid pressure ulcers—of which we had no occurrences this year.(2)
September 2012, PHCS was designated by The Joint Commission as a Top Performer for Key Quality Measures® for 2011, the most recent year for which the recognition was available.(3)
UMCPP received an “A” in patient safety, quality of care, and affordability from the Leapfrog Group.(4)
UMCPP has the lowest readmission rate of any hospital in New Jersey.(5)
UMCPP is among 5% of the hospitals in the country (4,973) to achieve Magnet® status, the highest institutional recognition available for nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice and superior patient care.(6)
The Association of New Jersey Planning Officials awarded the PHCS health campus the 2013 Achievement in Planning Award, recognizing its campus concept as visionary and its implementation as reflecting a commitment to excellence in redevelopment.(7)
The American Council of Engineering Companies awarded UMCPP the 2013 National Engineering Design Excellence Award.(8)
UMCPP has been visited by teams from 14 countries interested in learning about our hospital. The Singapore government came to visit after a group from their Department of Health evaluated most new hospitals in the United States and identified UMCPP as best in breed.
Becker’s Hospital Review placed UMCPP on this year’s 100 Great Hospitals in America list—out of 4,973 hospitals.(9)